An aspiring artist and author

Christmas wishlist 2009

Since I was a kid, I’ve had a habit of making a Christmas wishlist. While I rarely got what I wanted, I would go to sleep on Christmas Eve filled with excitement and anticipation of what Santa would give me. My father even got the address of Santa Claus in Finland from his friend, and [...]

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Make models, not war

While surfing figure.fm, I came across this fantastic diorama by Francesco Coriglione from Sicilia, Italy. The piece is entitled “fate il modellismo, non fate la guerra”, translated as “make models, not war”.

The theme of having a Gundam making gunpla models caught my eye immediately. Upon closer examination, you will notice that Francesco put in a [...]

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Gundam Fiesta Singapore 2009 – Gundam girls

This final entry will wrap up my coverage of Gundam Fiesta Singapore 2009. In the previous entries, we talked about the history of Gundam and gunpla manufacturing. In this post, I will let the images do most of the talking. Gundam girls are models who dress up as Gundams. The highlight of the show was [...]

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Quest for the perfect camera bag

A good camera bag is essential to photography enthusiasts.
I used to carry my camera in a Lowepro bag in an adidas messenger bag. When I bought the Nikon 18-200mm VR lens, it became the lens that I used most often. While the Nikon 18-55mm II kit lens is a good basic camera, it made no [...]

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Signed up for NaNoWriMo 2009

I decided to participate in this year’s NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month).

Procrastination knows me by name. I often find myself twiddling with ideas for stories but those only went as far as the drawing board, sometimes literally. The luckier ones got fleshed out in my draft notes but I have yet to put my mind [...]

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